A contemporary pathology of science.
A contemporary pathology of science is outlined. This pathology suggests that "previous knowledge" drastically limits innovative thinking in science. In very raw "Bayesian" terms it is affirmed that a too rich and flexible a priori knowledge is detrimental to the appreciation of novelty coming from experimental results by both lowering the relative weight assigned to a posteriori contrasting evidence and adapting potentially revolutionary findings to an already existing frame.
Modonesi
Carlo
C
Museo di Storia Naturale, Università degli Studi, Parma, Italy.
Farina
Lorenzo
L
Licata
Ignazio
I
Germano
Roberto
R
Zbilut
Joseph P
JP
Giuliani
Alessandro
A
D019359:Knowledge; D012586:Science